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| What are the essential items that citizens need to know about their EMS System? | What care is available from EMS; what EMS is; cost of service; accessing services; first aid. |
| What are the essential items that citizens need to know about first aid? | CPR; hemorrhage control; don’t move patient. |
| T/F: Prehospital care is an extension of hospital care. | True. |
| T/F: Definitive patient care must be provided as soon as possible. This can be started, and to a great measure, completed in the field, in many medical patients. | True. |
| Where must definitive hemorrhage control and blood replacement be provided? | In the operating room. |
| When must a patient be rapidly transported to the hospital? | When definitive emergency care cannot be provided in the field. |
| Who is responsible for developing patient-care protocols? | The medical control physician. |
| Who may provide on-line medical control? | The medical control physician or physician designee. |
| Who is ultimately responsible for run reviews and quality assurance in an ALS service? | The medical control physician. |
| Every ambulance call consists of three main elements. What are they? | Pre-incident planning, immediate field care, incident follow-up. |
| All EMS vehicles must come up to a specific standard. What is this standard known as? | KKK Standards. |
| All ambulances should be equipped with certain equipment. What is this list known as? | The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma Essential Equipment List. |
| What types of circumstances require ambulances to carry additional equipment? | Environment, rescues, geography, special services. |
| What elements may influence the placement of ambulances? | Associated services which may provide first response; the location of ambulances for primary response. |
| The National Standard Curriculum for EMT-Ambulance covers ten skills and knowledge areas. What are they? | CPR; airway and ventilation; hemorrhage control; fracture stabilization; emergency childbirth; extrication; special rescue skills; diagnosis and management; PASG;communication. |
| The National Standard Curriculum for EMT-Intermediate covers seven skills and knowledge areas. What are they? | All of EMT-B curriculum content; patient assessment and initial management; EOA; endotracheal intubation and defibrillation (optional); recognition and management of shock; ventilation management; intravenous fluid therapy. |
| The National Standard Curriculum for EMT-Paramedic covers five skills and knowledge areas. What are they? | All of EMT-B and EMT-I curriculum content; advanced airway management; medical, including cardiac (AHA-ACLS) and other medical emergencies; advanced trauma management as identified by the American College of Surgeons and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons; optional skills and therapeutics. |
| What knowledge should the EMS dispatcher have? | He should be knowledgeable of EMT-Intermediate skills and telephone first aid until help arrives. |
| What three elements go into the decision to dispatch a specific uni | Distance, time, and appropriate level of care. |
| What ranges of frequencies are used for EMS dispatch | UHF and VHF. |
| What types of radio systems are used for physician to EMT communication? | Simplex, Duplex and Multiplex. |
| In addition to radio, what other devices can physicians and EMT use to communicate? | Telemetry, telephone. |
| What committees and individuals serve to determine medical standards for EMS? | EMS Committee, medical director, associate medical director. |
| What different types of patient care protocols are there? | Patient management guidelines; standing orders; verbal orders; major incident protocols. |
| In what ways can the EMS system and hospital interface? | Drug and supply exchange; housing for unit; emergency department observation; education. |
| What are the first three things the EMT must do on arrival at the scene? | Scene assessment, patient evaluation, management of life threatening conditions. |
| What information must the EMT and physician exchange on initial contact? | Description of situation; description of patient; description of care instituted; physician instruction for additional care. |
| After initial assessment and treatment, what are the next three steps the EMT must complete? | Completion of physician instructions for patient care; preparation for transportation; transportation (trauma-as soon as possible, medical-usually after initial stabilization). |
| What four areas should the run critique cover | Assessment, care, communication and documentation. |
| What three major areas should continuing education cover? | Run critiques; review of original training; new information, including skills, procedures, devices and drugs. |
